San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-01-20
PERSONAL.

| Il. and A. Northcraft have returned home
Mr.. Phil Springer is acting deputy clerk
Miss Hollingsworth has retarned to Aus
tin.
Mr., b. F, Blount was in town on Tues
day,
We are glad to learn that Mr. Lindsey is
better.
Mr.. Leonard, the tailor, has returned to
Austin.
Capt. Ferg Kyle was in the city on yes
terday.
Mr.. G. p. Collins and family have moved
to Austin.
Mr.. Bell, druggist, of Honey Grove, is
again in town.
| Mr.. Gid johnson is having neat picket
fence put up on the east side of his premises.
Mr.. j. W. Nance has been chosen one of
the directors of the First National Bank of
this city.
We had a pleasant call on Monday from
Messrs. II. M. Martin and O. d. Westbrook,
of Driftwood.
Mr.. b. w. Martin who is about leaving
this place, we understand will 60 into bust
ness at Ellinger, Texas.
The family of j. d. Robinson have gone
to Join him at Palestine. }. ID. Jr., will be
missed in business circles.
Sauire Cocreham is at home again, but
says he thinks he will not 60 into winter
quarters this season.
We were pleased on yesterday to make
the personal acquaintance OF MIR. IL. IL.
Stanley, one of the good men who reside
about Science Hall.
We notice the name of our young friend,
james L. Malone. Jr., attached to the pro-
ceedings OF q temperance meeting Mt San
Angelo. as secretary. Good for him.
Apropos of personal in late issue of
our paper, we are requested to state that the
invention of the late Mr.. Littlepage therein
mentioned is not on public exhibition.
Mr.. Borden has been dividing his time
since New Years between the stores of Mr..
J. s. Killan at Martindale and San Marcos,
but has been most of the time at the for
mer.
Mr.. s. P. Boznrth made us pleasant call
the first of the week. He says the close
times are interviewing materially with his
sales, but can only postpone his success.
His prospects for the future are good.
We meant to have said in our notice of
DIR. Jones' new medical publication in our
last that the price is 80 cts. per copy. 1t
may be had of the author ut this place, and
is also on sale at our bookstore and by
agents.
Our fair correspondent "Bessie Smith,"
partially atones for her long silence by
contributing to this weeks FREE PRESS not
only poem but story, thereby evidencng
her ability to write gracefully and well in
prose as well as verse.
Howell, the artist, has on exhibition
photo of our county officials position the
steps on the south front OF the court house.
We don't mean to fiatter, but heard man
say he thought they must be n "hard lot"
The artist however, did the best he could
for them.
The oldest brother of DR. Woods and his
son-in-law, Mr.. Robinson, have arrived
from Alabama, and will reside on the Doc
tors farm on the Blanco The new Mr.
Woods is an elder in the Presbyterian
Church, and all this connection will no
doubt prove an accession to our best people.
1t is really inspiring these days of down
in-the-mouth styles to meet with hopeful.
happy man. This thought occurred to us
one day last week when our friend Allen
M. Digger, of ST. Elmo, came beaming in
to our sanctum. paid his back dues on the
FREE PRESS and year in advance without
n murmur, and actually seemed overlooking
with good spirits. After a little. however.
when lie began to speak of his reasonable
worldly prosperity and his young family OF
healthy and promising boys, and knowing
MS we do that he h E most excellent lady
for wife, we began to ''catch on" as the
saying il, and to understand why he was so
jubilant. May his tribe increase.